I am 48 and I guess in perimenopause. The symptoms I get running up to my period are absolutely bloody ridiculous and awful:
- bloating & wind that gets worse each period. I blow up like a balloon
- headaches and yesterday an ocular migraine having never had them in my life
- weird blood sugar issues - I often get big drops on my blood sugar
- joint pain
- weird hair- like ‘nana’ hair- texture goes all flat and fine and I can’t do anything with it
- really really low mod
- lethargy & tiredness but waking up at 2am too
- massive boobs and some months, cysts that are sore
- heart palps
- period ‘flu’- sometimes a cold, flu symptoms
I am SO over it. I never used to get any symptoms really and it gets worse and worse with each cycle. I often just feel ill and need to take days off work.
I’ll be glad to see the back of periods now to be honest!